The Lost Mine: Secrets of Phandelver

Creating your character

Player character stats will be from the standard array for your class on page 38 of the Player's Handbook. Level 1 characters will be created in DnDBeyond before or during session 0. The cost of session 0 will be refunded to all players.

Preparing for the session

Players will need accounts on Roll20, DnDBeyond and Discord. The Beyond20 browser plugin needs to be used to allow rolls from the DnDBeyond character sheet to appear in the Roll20 game.

What Rick brings to the table

As GM, I will provide: - A DnDBeyond campaign with shared books for creating and playing player characters. - A Roll20 campaign for the online maps. - A Discord server for communicating outside of sessions, along with voice and video during sessions.

Homebrew rules

- If a player casting vicious mockery makes the dm laugh with a dad joke, they get to roll an extra 1d4 facepalm damage. - Loot will be divided as it is received, each player will need to track their own items. Any players who are away when loot is awarded or divided will retain a normal share of the loot if they participated in most of the activity that earned the loot. - For healing that results in being fully healed, any unused hit points that would normally be lost can be rolled into temporary hit points up to the value of 1 hit dice + the character con modifier. Temporary hit points don't stack, they replace what was already there or they are lost. - When drinking a healing potion as a bonus action, roll for the amount of healing. When drinking a healing potion as an action, use the maximum amount of healing. - Weapons that are drawn or in use can be switched once per turn with weapons you are carrying as a free action. - Flanking advantage for melee attacks can be used when there are 2 melee threats on opposite sides or when there are 3 or more melee threats around the same target. - When initiative is needed, it is rolled every round. Any player actions, effects, etc, that are dependent on the beginning or end of a round will have the end of the round followed by the beginning of the round at the moment the turn starts for each player.

How Rick creates a safe table

These safety techniques will be used. - Session 0. The GM describes the upcoming adventure in enough detail for the players to choose whether to play or not. The cost of session 0 is refunded to all players. - Luxton Technique Discussion. This technique simply involves everyone having an open discussion about their triggers and traumas. The goal is complete openness with the understanding that no one needs to explain or justify their triggers. There should also be a common realization that every potential trigger cannot be covered. - Breaks. We will have a 10 minute break approximately 90 minutes into each session. Players are welcome to take additional breaks, please let us know in game if a break is needed. - Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist. The checklist breaks common triggers down into green, yellow, and red boxes. Green is something a player is totally ok with, yellow is something a player can handle with advanced warning or only in reference, and red is a complete no. There are also blank fields to fill in any potential triggers that aren’t already on the sheet. This will be provided by the GM in a Google spreadsheet, these red items will already filled in as they will not be part of the game: • Harm to children • Romance • Sex • Homophobia • Racism • Real-world religion • Sexism • Cancer • Claustrophobia • Freezing to death • Genocide • Heatstroke • Pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion • Self-harm • Sexual assault • Starvation • Terrorism • Torture • Thirst - Stars And Wishes. A necessary part of post-session discussion is feedback. Stars and Wishes is a great technique for giving feedback in a friendly, productive way. This is done right at the end of each session. • First, everyone goes around and mentions something they enjoyed. This is their Star. It can be a cool combat encounter, an intriguing moment of roleplay by two players, or a cool idea the GM came up with. • After everyone says a Star, we move onto Wishes, everyone goes in turn. A Wish is something each participant would like to see. They could ask for more time in a certain location, more interaction with another player character, or the return of something they haven’t seen in a while. Through this interaction, everyone gets to give feedback without worrying about coming across as negative.